If you are interested in a particular subject or would simply like further information, please send an e-mail to the supervisor. An M2 internship is usually associated with the thesis, and the question of funding should be discussed with the supervisor.
Thesis topics 2026
| IRFM supervisory team | Co-supervisor | Title | Phone : +33 (0)4 42 25 |
| Jonathan Gérardin | IRESNE / LISM | Real-time plasma control by calorimetry | 43 49 |
| Roland Sabot | Samuele Mazzi, Yassir Moudden | Real-Time control of MHD instabilities during WEST long pulses | 61 63 |
| Peter Donnel | – | Control of trapped electron mode turbulence with an electron cyclotron resonant source | 73 19 |
| Peter Donnel | Magali Muraglia (PIIM) | Gyrokinetic study of magnetic island control using electron cyclotron resonance current generation electron cyclotron resonance | 73 19 |
| Guido Huijsmans | – | Tungsten transport in small ELM regimes in AUG and ITER | 61 52 |
| Alexandre Fil | Guido Huijsmans | Impact of magnetohydrodynamic on access to X-point radiator regimes and their dynamics | 47 07 |
| Patrick Tamain | ITER | Heat exhaust modelling in high power burning plasma seeded ITER scenarios, focus on isotopic and drift effects | 26 16 |
| Pierre Forestier-Colleoni | EtienOlivier Peyrusse (LP3) | Impact of supra-thermal electrons on X-ray emissions in tokamaks | 28 61 |
| Patrick Maget | Florian Koechl (ITER), Gabriele Gervasini (CNR) | Resilience of fusion plasmas in a metallic environment, from WEST to ITER | 49 88 |
| Jorge Morales | – | Study of impurity transport in negative and positive triangularity plasmas | 41 27 |
| Nicolas Fedorczak | Ahmed Diallo (PPPL) | Real-time measurement of edge plasma parameters for the optimization of the WEST tokamak performance | 37 12 |
| Samuele Mazzi | Guillaume Brochard (PIIM, CNRS) | Gyrokinetic modelling of the nonlinear interaction between energetic particle-driven instabilities and microturbulence in tokamak plasmas | 61 26 |
| Yanick Sarazin | Etienne Gravier (IJL), Maxime Lesur (IJL) | Gyrokinetic study of plasma turbulence and of its control in linear magnetized devices | 48 03 |
Most of the 2025 theses will be preceded by an internship during 2025. Not all subjects have yet been established, so please consult the list of thesis subjects and contact the person in charge if you are interested in a subject to find out whether an internship is planned.